JCDecaux UK revenues rise 0.1% in 2011

JCDecaux, the outdoor media owner, reported global revenues of €715.9m (£596.9m) in the fourth quarter of 2011, up 3.6% year on year, while in the UK, full-year revenues were €272.1m (£226.9m), up 0.1% year on year.

Outdoor Plus brings The Spire to West London

Nike and BMW are among the first advertisers on The Spire, a 20 metre-high digital outdoor advertising structure launched by Outdoor Plus on the A40 Western Avenue this week.

PHD buys majority stake in South African agency

PHD has formed a strategic alliance with South African media planning agency Page Three Media, taking a 70% shareholding.

Indy revamp hooks online readers

The Independent online's recent refresh appears to have paid dividends, scoring the website a 10% uplift in average daily users, which made it the only national newspaper website to record an increase between November and December, according to ABC data.

NI parts company with strategy director

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News International has parted company with Terence Cassaono, a top strategy director, who has left the company after seven years as part of its cost-cutting drive across its commercial operations.

Nick Emery appointed chief executive of Mindshare Worldwide

Nick Emery has been appointed chief executive of Mindshare Worldwide, succeeding Dominic Proctor who moves to the newly created position of president of WPP's GroupM.

Out and About 26 January

This week Out and About gets its gloves and scarf on to join Clear Channel skating at Somerset House and joins MTV at its Brand New event at Camden's Koko.

Mail Online overtakes New York Times to become world's no 1

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Mail Online, the website for the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday, has become the world's largest English-language "newspaper" site after leapfrogging the site for The New York Times, according to comScore.

Media Bitch's Diary 26 January

This week, Bitch witnesses MJ Media getting over an Olympic hurdle, goes loco at Koko when Lana Del Rey fails to show and goes commando with the marines.